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106. CUMIUSIIIUNS,

COATING R PLASTIC.

UNITED STATES WESLEY W'. BARNES, OF NEW NEW YORK,

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDEJOHN D. EMAOK, 0F BALDWIN,

YORK.

COMPOSITlON or MATTER SUITABLE FOR CASTING MEDALLIONS, mes, PICTURE-FRAMES,

MOLDINGS, &c. 4

QSPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No=339,519 dated April 6, 1886;

' Application filed March 11, 1886. Serial No. 194,926. (SpelimensJ To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WESLEY W. BARNES, of the city, county, and State of New York, and JOHN D. EMACK, of Baldwin, Queens 5 county, New York, have inventeda new Gomposition of Matter Suitable for Cast-ing Medallions, Tiles, Picture-Frames, Moldings, 8m; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of our in- 10 vention.

'lhe nature of our invention consists in the production of a new composition of matter for casting purposes, from the ingredients and in the manner hereinafter set forth, the object of theinvention being the producti0n,atalow cost, of a composition of matter 'for casting purposes. p

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will describe the same.

Our compostion of matter is composed of the following ingredients, in about the following proportions: soluble lass one hundred parts; round flint ei ht ts'- grgopnd iron thirty p arts; roli su 11in I "par s. ese ingredients are pincer in a kettle in a. dry state, and the kettle placed over a fire, and the ingredients are stirred, and the stirring continued, and the kettle kept over the fire 0 until a temperature of 36mahpenlieit is at- I tained, when the composition is i'eadyi'oFpou ring into molds for the production of various articles usually formed by casting.

Vhen a stronger article of composition is desired, a smaller quantity of sulphur and a greater quantity of soluble glass is employed, and to color the article produced any desired mineral coloringmatter may be employed with the ingredients named.

' This composition of matter may be employed 0 in the manufacture of burial-caskets, bath tubs, billiard-tables, medallions, tiles, pictureframes, moldings, buttons, door-knobs, or to any articles that can be cast or molded.

mix the ingredients, as stated, in a kettle over a fire until a temperature of 360 Eahrenheit is reached, when the compositi dn may 5 poured into molds of the configuration or carrying the design to be reproduced.

Having now set forth our invention, we claim as new- Acomposition of matter formed by combining soluble glass, ground flint, ground iron, and roll sulphur, in about the proportions set forth, in the manner described.

WESLEY W. BARNES. JOHN D. EMACK.

In presence of- W.V. H. HIoKs, A. SIDNEY DOANE.

The mode of applying the invention is to 5- 

